VALUABLE EXPERIENCE OF DOCTORAL STUDENT KAIRAT KAIPOLLA

    Kairat Kaipolla, a third-year doctoral student at the Department of Turkology and History of Eastern Countries, Faculty of Oriental Studies, completed a scientific internship from June 9 to July 13, 2025, at the Center for Turkic and Central Asian Studies at the Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany. Founded in 1737, the Georg-August University is one of Germany’s oldest and most prestigious universities, often simply called the University of Göttingen. Today, it is recognized as a world-class institution of higher learning. According to the 2025 QS World University Rankings, the university ranks 243rd among the top 250 universities worldwide. Among its more than 40 Nobel laureates are Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, and Stefan Hell, all of whom have taught at this university.

    During the internship, under the guidance of his foreign academic advisor, PhD Orcun Ünal (Dr. Orcun Ünal), and his domestic academic supervisor, Professor T.E. Kydyr, PhD, acting director of the Islamic Research Institute of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kazakhstan, Kairat presented a collective work titled "The Role and Place of Mamluk-Kipchak Literary, Linguistic, and Cultural Monuments in Contemporary Kazakh Spirituality" to the European academic community.

    Kairat Kaipolla exchanged experiences with international students studying at Göttingen University, personally met with faculty members including the renowned Turkologist Professor Jens Peter Laut as well as other historians and linguists, received professional consultations, and gained invaluable experience that will inspire and advance his scientific research.

    Part of the internship was held at the SUB Göttingen (Lower Saxony State and University Library Göttingen), one of the largest academic libraries in Germany. This center’s collection contains over 7 million items, including more than 400 medieval Western manuscripts, over 6,000 early modern manuscripts, and more than 1,000 Eastern, including Islamic, artifacts. Analyzing and chronologically examining the collected materials significantly enriches the content of academic work.

    We believe that promising young scholars like Kairat Kaipolla will make a significant contribution to the development of science in our country, and the academic community supports his path toward international recognition. We wish the young scientist great success in his research endeavors!

A.T. Kyrkymbekova, A. Khalel